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1935 Harlem Riot

Published: June 8, 2020, 6 p.m.

1935 New York City. The city and the nation are gripped by the Great Depression. Unemployment is at all time highs

And in the March of 1935 the nation's largest city would see another riot in what would become a long list of riots over the centuries. New York City as well as the rest of the Unites States struggled and continue to struggle with Racism and police brutality 


As we continue to see protest against racism and police brutality. The US and New York City have seen a long list of riots stemming from that issue. However one of the country’s and the city’s first riots against police brutality would oddly occur with no police brutality being committed.

This is the story of the 1935 Harlem Riot